Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon

Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon (18 June 1743-17 June 1827) was a Scottish nobleman who raised the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot in 1794.

Biography
Alexander Gordon was born in Fochabers, Great Britain in 1743, and he was elected as a Scottish representative peer in 1767. He became a baron in 1775 and Earl of Norwich in 1784, and he was Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland from 1794 to 1806 and from 1807 to 1827. In 1794, he raised the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot for the French Revolutionary Wars, and he founded the Gordon Setter breed of dog. In 1815, he led his Highlanders at the Battle of Waterloo, having attended his daughter Duchess of Richmond's ball alongside several other British Army officers just before the battle. He died in 1827.